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Dutch Queen Maxima (L) receives a 'Rainbow Europe Map', a tool to see how European countries are doing when it comes to recognising the human rights of gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender people, from Dutch Minister for Education, Culture and Science Jet Bussemaker (R) at the start of the two-day International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) Conference in The Hague, The Netherlands, on May 16, 2013. The conference on European tolerance for homosexuality is held until 17 May 2013. Dutch Queen Maxima (L) receives a '
Dutch Queen Maxima (C) waves upon her arrival at the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) Conference in The Hague, The Netherlands, on May 16, 2013. The conference on European tolerance for homosexuality is held until 17 May 2013. Dutch Queen Maxima (C) waves upon h
Netherlands Queen Maxima arrives for the opening of conference to mark the May 17 annual International Day Against Homophobia, in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday May 16, 2013. Netherlands Queen Maxima arrives fo
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - MAY 15: King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands watches a life feed with Dutch soldiers in Turkey during the opening of the new Ministry of Defence on May 15, 2013 in The Hague, Netherlands. THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - MAY 15: Ki
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - MAY 15: King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands and Minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert meet with defence staff during the opening of the new Ministry of Defence on May 15, 2013 in The Hague, Netherlands. THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - MAY 15: Ki
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - MAY 15: King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands attends the opening of the new Ministry of Defence on May 15, 2013 in The Hague, Netherlands. THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - MAY 15: Ki
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - MAY 15: (L-R) King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands, Former Prime Minister and Defence Minister Piet de Jong and Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert attends the opening of the new Ministry of Defence on May 15, 2013 in The Hague, Netherlands. THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - MAY 15: (L
William Ruto (C) sits in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague May 14, 2013. William Ruto (C) sits in the courtr
Kenyan broadcaster Joshua Arap Sang sits in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague May 14, 2013. Kenyan broadcaster Joshua Arap Sang
Broadcaster Joshua Arap Sang awaits the start of a hearing in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang appeared at the ICC for a hearing to discuss progress in preparations for their crimes against humanity trial for allegedly orchestrating violence in the aftermath of Kenya s disputed 2007 elections. Judges are expected to set a new date for the trial to start after the hearing. Broadcaster Joshua Arap Sang awaits
Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Environment Melanie Schultz van Haegen (L) and Nath Minister of Urban Development of India sign an agreement in The Hague, The Netherlands, on May 14, 2013, on cooperation on spatial planning and water management. Dutch Minister of Infrastructure an
Picture released on September 16, 1974 of the plane Mystere 20 with JRA member Yatsuka Furuya on board from La Sante jail, at Amsterdam airport. French Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands, where the ambassador Jacques Senard and ten other people are taken hostage by the Japanese Red Army demanding the release of JRA members jailed in Paris, $300,000 and the use of a plane. Picture released on September 16, 1
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands (R) shakes hands with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde, at the Royal Palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague May 6, 2013. Lagarde will visit Amsterdam University tomorrow for a King Willem-Alexander of the Nether
Dutch King Willem-Alexander shakes hands with International Monetary Found (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde during an audience at the Huis ten Bosch in The Hague, on May 6, 2013. Christine Lagarde, former French Finance minister, is in a two-day visit to the Netherlands. Dutch King Willem-Alexander shakes
Bolivia's Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca (R), the head of Bolivia's delegation for the maritime demand at the Hague, ambassador Eduardo Rodriguez and the head of the Strategic Direction for Maritime Reivindication (DIREMAR), Juan Lanchipa (out of frame), offer a press conference in La Paz on April 30, 2013. Choquehuanca informed that the International Court of Justice at The Hague accepted the maritime dispute case it presented against Chile in a bid to reclaim the access to the sea lost in a 19th century to its neighbour and which has the two countries in a bitter diplomatic stand-off. Bolivia's Foreign Minister David Ch
Members of a Dutch anti-Monarchy activist group 'Het is 2013' prepare banners for a demonstration against the upcoming investiture of the country's new King, in The Hague, Netherlands, on April 29, 2013. Members of a Dutch anti-Monarchy ac
This scene in the amusement park Madurodam, in The Hague, The Netherlands, on April 26, 2013shows versionKing Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima waving to the people, after the abdication, from the balcony of the Royal Palace on the Dam in Amsterdam. Madurodam shows the country in a miniature. This scene in the amusement park M
Dutch Crownprince Willem Alexander and Maxima Zorregiueta pose prior to the announcement by Queen Beatrix of the engagement of the crownprince and Argentinian Maxima, at the royal palace Noordeinde in The Hague, 30 March 2001. Dutch Crownprince Willem Alexander
Dutch Princess Maxima smiles at the crowd from the Golden Carriage making a tour through The Hague,17 September 2002. Dutch Queen Beatrix opens the parliamentary year Tuesday. Dutch Princess Maxima smiles at the
Dutch Princess Maxima (L), Crownprince Willem-Alexander (C) and Queen Beatrix wave from the balcony of Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, 17 September 2002. The parliamentary year is opened by the speech from the throne by Queen Beatrix which took place this afternoon in the Ridderzaal in The Hague. Dutch Princess Maxima (L), Crownpri
A file photo dated 1980 showing Dutch Queen Beatrix and her husband Prince Claus in a official portrait in The Hague. Prince Claus died aged 76 06 October 2002 at a hospital in Amsterdam. A file photo dated 1980 showing Dut
Dutch Queen Beatrix reads the Speech from the Throne during Budget Day in the Ridderzaal in The Hague, on Tuesday, September 20, 2011. With the annual queen speech, the Dutch Queen Beatrix presented the coming financial year. Due to be released September 16 in the afternoon, the budget was posted online by an employee of an external company and picked up by a Dutch journalist, who then posted a link on Twitter a day early. Dutch Queen Beatrix reads the Speec
Princess Maxima of The Netherlands smiles during the opening of Girlsday in The Hague on April 25, 2013. Among 300 companies and educational facilities open their doors to get girls exited for an technical education. Princess Maxima of The Netherlands
Bolivia's President Evo Morales (C) speaks to journalists at the Presidential Palace while Information Minister Amanda Davila (L) and Presidency minister Juan Ramon Quintana (R) look on, in La Paz, April 24, 2013 in this picture provided by the Bolivian Presidency. Bolivia presented on Wednesday to the International Court in The Hague, a demand against Chile for a Bolivia's President Evo Morales (C)
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 24: Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands receives orange roses from a member of the public as she leaves after opening Huygens Exhibition in her last official engagement before her abdication on April 24, 2013 in The Hague, Netherlands. THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 24:
Dutch Queen Beatrix leaves on April 24, 2013 after attending the opening of the exhibition about two exceptional men of the Dutch Golden Age, Constantijn and Christiaan Huygens, at the Grote Kerk church in The Hague. Yhe queen is abdicating in favor of her son Willem-Alexander on April 30. Dutch Queen Beatrix leaves on April
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 24: Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands opens Huygens Exhibition in her last official engagement before her abdication on April 24, 2013 in The Hague, Netherlands. THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - APRIL 24:
Netherlands' Queen Beatrix (R) and her son Crown Prince Willem-Alexander wave to well-wishers from the balcony of the Royal Noordeinde Palace after opening the new parliamentary year in The Hague in this September 21, 2010 file photo. The Dutch will have their first king in more than 120 years when Willem-Alexander succeeds his mother Queen Beatrix in April 2013, bringing a more hands-off style to the throne at a time when the royal family's political powers are already in decline. To match story DUTCH-MONARCHY. Netherlands' Queen Beatrix (R) and
Dutch Prince Willem-Alexander (R), the Mayor of The Hague, Jozias van Aartsen (L) and the director of the National Bureau Foundation National Tree Planting Day, Peter Derksen, talk to pupils of the Comeniusschool during the planting of the first Kings Linde in the Hague on April 23, 2013, on the occasion of the investiture on 30 April. The tree, a Tilia x europaea 'pallida', is the first official King's linde which is planted in the Netherlands. Dutch Prince Willem-Alexander (R),
The media gather in front of the British School in Voorschoten, The Netherlands, on April 22, 2013. Dutch police arrested a former pupil at a British school in the Netherlands on Monday in connection with a threat to go on a shooting spree that saw armed police deployed and schools closed. Police in the university city of Leiden, just northeast of The Hague, confirmed one person had been arrested following the threat to 'shoot my Dutch teacher and as many students as I can', made on an Internet site over the weekend. The media gather in front of the Br